Roosevelt Returns With Ovation After Absence
After fifteen months away, Theodore Roosevelt lands aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and receives an enthusiastic reception in New York. He declines interviews, but shows vigorous public interest. The Roosevelt party travels by White Steamers and White Cars, from Fifth Avenue to Oyster Bay, with a clambake and Rough Riders outing amid celebratory crowds.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Roosevelt
Elba
New York
Douglas Robinson
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Colonel Roosevelt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Collector Loeb
Mr. Robinson
Long Island City
Oyster Bay
Travers Island Clubs
New York Athletic Club
Referendum on Mine Workers Compromise at Terre Haute
Terre Haute July 16 miners in Indiana will vote by referendum on accepting or rejecting the compromise offered by a special joint committee. A possible contract for two years or a work stoppage hinges on the outcome, with both sides hopeful for peace. The measure keeps the five day limit clause if accepted. otherwise no agreement. A dynamite attack targeted Mrs. Bessie Barbre’s home near the E and T H station Sullivan. The blast damaged windows. no injuries or arrests reported. Barbre had filed for divorce from William Barbre two months earlier.
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Terre Haute
Convention of
United Mine Workers of America
District 11
Special Joint Committee
Indiana
Joint Committee
Sullivan
Bessie Barbie
Columbus Park Is Opened In Columbus
The city park built by the Commercial club was formally opened with a fountain donated by Jack Rush. Mayor Barnaby turned on the water and Louis Scheidt lit the fountain, marking the opening of the sole public park.
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Columbus Park
Columbus
Commercial Club
Jack Rush
Water Works
Barnaby
Louis Scheidt
Veteran Baptist Minister Gideon F Brayton Dies at 88
Laporte reports the death of Rev Gideon F Brayton age eighty eight a noted northern Indiana Baptist minister. He died at his daughter Mrs David Miller's home in Carthage Missouri and will be buried in Laporte. Brayton served years in the American Baptist Home Mission society and was Civil War chaplain for the Ninth Indiana cavalry.
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Laporte
Gideon F. Brayton
David Miller
Carthage
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Ninth Indiana Cavalry
Dream leads to Elwood burglary arrest
John Humphreys, a cigar dealer in Elwood, dreamed burglars were in his shop. He checked the store and alerted authorities, leading to the arrest of John Samuela of Elwood in the county jail on burglary charges.
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Anderson
John Samuela
Elwood
John Humphreys
Samuels
Midas and the Touch of Gold Turned to Fear
The legend shows Midas at a career peak where all he touches becomes gold. His entourage fears the growing wealth, while he remains unfazed, promising more gold as others handle him. The scene in Puck echoes a critique of early economic abundance.
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Midas
Puck
Coca Cola and The People's Choice Headlines
A humorous ad urges cooling with Coca Cola as a personal sun duel ends. It promotes 1910 baseball records book and poem Casey at the Bat. The second excerpt quotes a campaign scene where a candidate seeks the people’s favor and a manager notes the cost of being the compromise.
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Coca-Cola
Casey
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Allen's Foot Tabs and Foot-Ease Advertisement
An 19th century ad promotes Allen's Foot Tabs to soothe sore feet and odors after dissolving in water, plus Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for daylong comfort. It notes samples mailed free or regular size for 25 cents, with the address Allen S Olmstead LeRoy New York. Household Consternation feature shows a baby swallowing a gold dollar and humorous dialogue about rising living costs.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmste LeRoy
Widow praises late husband in memory poem
A widow expresses praise for her late husband in a brief memorial verse while noting the contrast with a sleepy wife. The item reflects quiet public sentiment and personal remembrance without graphic detail.
Caring for the Baby and a Cautionary Ad by Era Voices
A child scene prompts a warning about babysitting and the fear of kid napers. The piece then pivots to a column on advertising value, warning against fake cures like Cascarets and praising merit, followed by a humorous exchange about a Bachelor’s Button invention and a quip about a used life.
Red Cross Ball Blue Promotes White Laundry Care
A brief advertisement urges shoppers to use Red Cross Ball Blue to keep clothes white. It suggests grocers stock packaging and notes a tongue in cheek line about rich relatives living to a ripe old age.
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Red Cross
Foxy Hiram and the ant mischief at Jed Weatherby's store
Mrs. Ryetop laughs as Hiram Skinflint is accused of dropping an ant into Jed Weatherby's sugar. The tale hints at trickery to lower price by claiming ants in the sugar, with plans to add raisins and a yeast cake. The banter suggests a homespun warning about the sly character.
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Hiram
Mrs. Ryetop
Mandy
Jed Weatherby
Jed
Wise Man and Lucky One Quote Reflection
A succinct axiom notes that wisdom guides desire toward obtainable goals while luck yields the outcomes one wishes. It contrasts prudent restraint with chance, framing fulfillment as a harmony between intention and fortune.
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Yonkers Statesman
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Hunter
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Gordon Gammons
Odowd Ford
Wild Cat Creek
Here
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Ezra Hardiman
William Gammons
Greensburg
Court of Justice
A. S. Creath
F. M. Ehler
Indianapolis
Harry Luken
Ehler
Luken
Dream
Charley
Hf Lal
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
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Pierce
Dodds
Guar
Armour’s
Armour’s Fertilizers
Armour Fertilizer Works
Chicago
Briggs
Underblossom
Griggs
Carter
Barth Mfg. CO
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